diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/gradle/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/gradle/default.nix
index 97b50d0019f..f8466e5aafd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/gradle/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/gradle/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, unzip, jdk, makeWrapper }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "gradle-1.8";
+  name = "gradle-1.11";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://services.gradle.org/distributions/${name}-bin.zip";
-    sha256 = "00spxad9b5vddshp02cic0ds8icgb1clknl7494f467x2pxbnhm3";
+    sha256 = "14a0qdzjiar97l9a0i3ds2y48p1lrqkj7skkkvhz0r29hbgkbqh7";
   };
 
   installPhase = ''
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
     makeWrapper ${jdk}/bin/java $out/bin/gradle \
       --set JAVA_HOME ${jdk} \
-      --add-flags "-classpath $out/lib/gradle-launcher-1.8.jar org.gradle.launcher.GradleMain"
+      --add-flags "-classpath $out/lib/gradle-launcher-1.11.jar org.gradle.launcher.GradleMain"
   '';
 
   phases = "unpackPhase installPhase";